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Students see ag up close on Serbus farm in rural Renville, Minnesota
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (351+ words) RENVILLE " Area schools in Renville County attended an Ag Day during the last month of the school year. Organized by Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, the May 5 event drew more than 130 people including students, teachers and volunteers to a rural…...
European delegation learns about regenerative agriculture on North Dakota farm
2+ day, 9+ min ago (227+ words) Mc LEOD, N. D. " A delegation from multiple European countries recently took turns digging into the soil at Sandhills Family Farm, taking a close look at it as they held the dirt in their hands. The visitors from France, the Czech Republic,…...
Growth continues for North Dakota FFA
1+ week, 2+ day ago (88+ words) Emily Beal visits with Nikki Fideldy-Doll of the North Dakota FFA Association at the 97th State FFA Convention. Growth continues for North Dakota FFA Emily Beal visits with Nikki Fideldy-Doll of the North Dakota FFA Association at the 97th State FFA Convention....
North Dakota FFA student chosen for elite national ag conference
3+ week, 2+ day ago (730+ words) WAHPETON, N. D. " Marisa Mumm brought national-level experience back to her FFA chapter after being selected to attend the National FFA Next Gen Conference, an invitation-only event that connected students with agricultural industry leaders from across the country. Mumm was one of…...
Lake City kindergarten teacher turns a dairy farm upbringing into an award-winning agriculture curriculum
4+ week, 9+ min ago (554+ words) LAKE CITY, Minn. " Marie Kruse keeps a stuffed cow in her classroom. When a new calf is born on a local dairy farm each year, she stages a gender reveal, complete with confetti, pink helium balloons and all, for her…...
Minnesota West, Worthington High ag students learn by doing
4+ week, 2+ day ago (490+ words) WORTHINGTON " In between overnight frost adversaries and sunny skies last week, Minnesota West Community & Technical College ag instructors Dusty Neugebauer and Jeff Rogers planted the Worthington ISD 518 Ag Land Lab farm into 68 acres of corn and just over 90 acres of…...
Southeast Minnesota bus tour offers low-cost access to national strip-till conference and research farm
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (367+ words) Farmers and agricultural professionals across southeast Minnesota are invited to join the Southeast Minnesota Soil Health Bus Tour this summer to learn alongside peers, exchange ideas and gain practical insights for on-farm use. The three-day educational and networking experience will…...
Minnesota teen couldn't find an Oliver tractor book, so she self-published one
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (702+ words) DAKOTA, Minn. " Shelby Erdmann went looking for a children's book about Oliver tractors last summer. She was babysitting two young boys from a farm family " one loyal to John Deere, the other to Case IH " and wanted something to spark…...
A South Dakota school offers ag and FFA for the first time
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) BROOKINGS, S. D. " Frederick, South Dakota, has never had an FFA chapter or ag classes available to students, until now. This year, they both became options for students. The students were honored as one of the new FFA chapters in the state…...
Teens gain confidence for tractor driving and on-farm work through Extension training
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (852+ words) PRESTON, Minn. " Teenagers will return to their home farms this summer knowing more about tractor safety and how to minimize their risk of common farm hazards. University of Minnesota Extension's Youth Tractor and Farm Safety Training teaches students 14 years old…...